PLAYER CAREER

Kagiso Rabada

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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South Africa2014–2026

Scorecard coverage and data completeness

Career snapshots and available scorecards have different scopes. These counts describe recorded batting or bowling innings, not every international appearance.

Player archive coverage
Format	Matches	Bat inns	Balls recorded	Boundaries recorded	First scorecard	Latest scorecard
Test	73	110	110	110	2015-11-05	2025-10-20
ODI	102	44	44	44	2015-07-10	2025-03-05
T20I	73	28	28	28	2014-11-05	2026-03-04

258Internationals

1,687Career runs

0Centuries

591Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 73
Innings: 110
Runs: 1,102
Average: 12.24
Strike rate: 51.71
Highest score: 71
Not outs: 20
100s: 0
50s: 1
Ducks: 22
4s: 139
6s: 20
Balls faced: 2,131

Bowling

Matches: 73
Innings: 134
Balls: 13,436
Maidens: 440
Runs conceded: 7,493
Wickets: 340
Average: 22.03
Economy: 3.34
Strike rate: 39.51
Best innings: 7/112
Best match: 13/144
4 wickets: 15
5 wickets: 17
10 wickets: 4

Fielding

Matches: 73
Innings: 135
Catches: 34
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 34
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 34
Dismissals / inns: 0.251
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 106
Innings: 45
Runs: 401
Average: 14.85
Strike rate: 79.09
Highest score: 31*
Not outs: 18
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 2
4s: 30
6s: 12
Balls faced: 507

Bowling

Matches: 106
Innings: 104
Balls: 5,444
Maidens: 63
Runs conceded: 4,613
Wickets: 168
Average: 27.45
Economy: 5.08
Strike rate: 32.40
Best innings: 6/16
Best match: 6/16
4 wickets: 6
5 wickets: 2
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 106
Innings: 104
Catches: 41
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 41
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 41
Dismissals / inns: 0.394
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

T20I

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 79
Innings: 30
Runs: 184
Average: 14.15
Strike rate: 115.72
Highest score: 22
Not outs: 17
100s: 0
50s: 0
Ducks: 5
4s: 18
6s: 6
Balls faced: 159

Bowling

Matches: 79
Innings: 79
Balls: 1,697
Maidens: 3
Runs conceded: 2,378
Wickets: 83
Average: 28.65
Economy: 8.40
Strike rate: 20.44
Best innings: 3/18
Best match: 3/18
4 wickets: 0
5 wickets: 0
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 79
Innings: 79
Catches: 26
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 26
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 26
Dismissals / inns: 0.329
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

254 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
2026-03-04	South Africa v New Zealand	T20I	New Zealand won by 9 wickets
2026-02-26	West Indies v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 9 wickets
2026-02-22	South Africa v India	T20I	South Africa won by 76 runs
2026-02-14	New Zealand v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2026-02-11	Afghanistan v South Africa	T20I	Match tied
2026-01-29	West Indies v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 7 wickets
2026-01-27	West Indies v South Africa	T20I	South Africa won by 9 wickets
2025-10-20	Pakistan v South Africa	Test	South Africa won by 8 wickets
2025-10-12	Pakistan v South Africa	Test	Pakistan won by 93 runs
2025-09-14	England v South Africa	T20I	No result
2025-09-12	England v South Africa	T20I	England won by 146 runs
2025-09-10	South Africa v England	T20I	South Africa won by 14 runs

South Africa

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

201514 runs
2016105 runs
2017141 runs
2018190 runs
2019136 runs
202020 runs
2021112 runs
2022136 runs
202344 runs
2024126 runs
202578 runs

Test · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20152 wickets
201646 wickets
201757 wickets
201852 wickets
201933 wickets
20207 wickets
202123 wickets
202247 wickets
202320 wickets
202434 wickets
202519 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2025	4	5	78	71	19.50	88.63	1	4	4	88	8	19	24.57	3.59	41.00
2024	8	11	126	31	14.00	60.86	0	20	0	207	16	34	19.94	3.01	39.64
2023	4	6	44	16	11.00	52.38	0	3	2	84	7	20	17.10	3.10	33.00
2022	9	15	136	47	10.46	57.62	0	10	4	236	15	47	22.25	3.90	34.17
2021	5	9	112	40	16.00	57.14	0	15	3	196	10	23	19.00	2.54	44.86
2020	2	4	20	16	6.66	45.45	0	2	1	44	3	7	33.42	3.44	58.14
2019	8	15	136	22	9.71	48.74	0	22	2	279	14	33	27.39	3.67	44.69
2018	10	17	190	30	11.17	39.91	0	25	2	476	20	52	20.07	3.15	38.21
2017	11	12	141	34	12.81	56.40	0	22	1	250	20	57	20.28	3.21	37.89
2016	9	11	105	32	17.50	47.72	0	14	1	220	16	46	23.34	3.81	36.69
2015	3	5	14	6	7.00	27.45	0	2	0	51	5	2	55.50	2.26	147.00

ODI

ODI · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

201538 runs
201649 runs
201773 runs
201838 runs
201961 runs
202151 runs
20225 runs
202336 runs
202425 runs
202516 runs

ODI · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

201521 wickets
201622 wickets
201727 wickets
201823 wickets
201924 wickets
20219 wickets
20229 wickets
202320 wickets
20245 wickets
20256 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 10 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2025	3	1	16	16	16.00	72.72	2	0	22	3	6	24.66	5.80	25.50
2024	2	2	25	14	12.50	71.42	2	1	35	2	5	20.80	5.20	24.00
2023	12	6	36	17	12.00	57.14	0	3	63	12	20	26.10	5.23	29.90
2022	5	2	5	4	2.50	100.00	1	0	5	5	9	25.33	5.24	29.00
2021	7	5	51	16	25.50	118.60	5	2	43	7	9	35.88	5.26	40.88
2019	17	6	61	31	15.25	79.22	4	1	77	17	24	32.12	4.96	38.79
2018	14	6	38	12	9.50	58.46	2	1	65	14	23	26.17	4.85	32.34
2017	18	4	73	26	24.33	115.87	7	2	63	18	27	27.62	4.80	34.48
2016	14	7	49	15	16.33	74.24	2	1	66	14	22	29.77	5.51	32.40
2015	10	5	38	19	19.00	61.29	5	0	62	10	21	20.23	4.87	24.90

T20I

T20I · Runs by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact runs at right

20155 runs
20160 runs
20180 runs
20190 runs
202032 runs
202184 runs
202217 runs
20249 runs
202528 runs
20260 runs

T20I · Wickets by yearEach bar is one calendar year · exact wickets at right

20141 wickets
20158 wickets
201613 wickets
20182 wickets
20194 wickets
20203 wickets
202118 wickets
20227 wickets
20232 wickets
202410 wickets
20256 wickets
20265 wickets

Exact yearly figures · 12 seasons

T20I archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
2026	7	2	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	2	7	5	43.40	8.13	32.00
2025	5	4	28	10	9.33	175.00	4	1	16	5	6	27.16	10.18	16.00
2024	6	2	9	5	9.00	150.00	2	0	6	6	10	13.30	6.33	12.60
2023	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	2	2	44.50	11.12	24.00
2022	13	5	17	9	5.66	77.27	1	0	22	13	7	51.71	8.04	38.57
2021	14	8	84	19	N/A	129.23	8	3	65	14	18	23.66	8.69	16.33
2020	5	3	32	22	16.00	118.51	3	2	27	5	3	57.00	9.07	37.66
2019	3	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	4	3	4	26.25	9.54	16.50
2018	2	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	2	2	2	22.50	7.50	18.00
2016	8	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	8	13	20.84	8.64	14.46
2015	6	1	5	5	N/A	83.33	0	0	6	6	8	21.87	7.60	17.25
2014	2	0	0	—	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	2	1	52.00	8.66	36.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

2014-11-05
First available scorecard
T20I v Australia · Adelaide Oval
2015-07-10
First five-wicket innings in this archive
ODI v Bangladesh · Shere Bangla National Stadium
2016-01-22
Best recorded bowling · 7/112
Test v England · SuperSport Park
2025-10-20
Highest recorded innings · 71 runs
Test v Pakistan · Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
2026-03-04
Latest available scorecard
T20I v New Zealand · Eden Gardens, Kolkata